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@CarlowWeather Hi Carlow Weather! Some of your followers might be interested our events coming up next month! The Library has a lecture and exhibition about early meteorological records in Ireland and the @RIAdawson Discourse Series has event on AI and forecasting tomorrow night!
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS C vi 1, the Book of Knockninny. This 18th C manuscript has not yet been fully digitised, so all the more reason to drop in and visit us. You can read about the manuscript and its contents here: ria.ie/collections/manuscrip…
Please note that the Library will be closed over the Easter Weekend from Friday 18 April to Monday 21 April. We re-open at 10am on Tuesday morning for readers and visitors.
The Manuscript of the Week is the Book of Uí Mhaine, RIA MS D ii 1. The contents of this 14th C manuscript are described in a marginal note as ‘bolg an tsolathair’ (bag of mixed content). Read more & find a link to the @DIAS_ISOS digital copy here: ria.ie/collections/manuscrip…
ALT Detail from the manuscript focused on a zoomorphic decoration coloured with red ink.
The Manuscript of the Week is a 15th C compilation of medical treatises, RIA MS 23 P 10 (iii). The scribe has used a selection of whimsical line fillers & run-over symbols to enhance the "mise-en-page". Read more & see the @DIAS_ISOS digital copy here: isos.dias.ie/RIA/RIA_MS_23_P…
📢 NEW BLOG 📢 Check out our new blog about a 19th century work-from-home faith healer, Prince Hohenlohe! Could two Irish women have been healed by a Bamburg-based prince? Read our blog and find out! ria.ie/blog/prince-hohenlohe…
The Manuscript of the Week is the Book of Fermoy, RIA MS 23 E 29. This 15th C compilation of Irish texts is associated with the Anglo-Norman Roche family, who came to Ireland from Pembrokeshire in the 12th C. Read more & see the @DIAS_ISOS digital copy: ria.ie/collections/manuscrip…
ALT Detail from an Irish manuscript showing a decorated capital in black ink.
The Manuscript of the Week is a book of court verse known as the O'Gara manuscript (RIA MS 23 F 16). Compiled in the Low Countries in the 17th century, it was written by Feargal Dubh Ó Gadhra, O.S.A. Learn more & see a digitised copy via @DIAS_ISOS here: isos.dias.ie/RIA/RIA_MS_23_F…
ALT Irish paper manuscript with verse written in a single column.
Here in the RIA Library we are catching up on last night's episode of Dancing with the Stars! It was very exciting when we recently welcomed some particularly athletic readers to the Reading Room!! Watch back on @rteplayer!
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Our Manuscript of the Week is the Book of O’Lees or Book of Hy-Brasil, RIA MS 23 P 10(ii). Each table names a disease, typical characteristics, who is most susceptible, and most importantly, the cures! Learn more & see a digitised copy via @DIAS_ISOS here: ria.ie/collections/manuscrip…
ALT Irish manuscript page with distinctive table layout. The text is entered in alternative diagonal angles in each cell of the table.